Tilting dashboard



No. 612,205. Patented Oct. Il, |898. G. H. HUTTUN G. H. HUTTUN, Jn.

TILTING DASHBUARD. (Application ied Aug. 2e, 189s.)

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GEORGE Il. HUTTON AND GEORGE H. HUTTON, JR., OF BALTIMORE,

' MARYLAND.

TILTING DASHBOARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 612,205, dated October11, 1898.

Application nea August 26, 189s.

To (all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that we, GEORGE H. HUTTON and GEORGE H. HUTTON, J r.,'citizens of the United States, residing at Baltimore, in the State ofMaryland, have invented certain new and useful-Improvements in TiltingDashboards, of which the following is a speciiication.

This invention relates to means for hin ging dashboards tovehicle-bodies.

The object of the invention is to provide a dashboard that can be turnedor thrown back to a rearward or inclined position to permit the shaftswhen elevated to clear the front end of the vehicle-body and takesubstantially a vertical position ino rder that vehicles may be storedclose and occupy as little space as possible.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which-Figure l is a sectional view of a dash and front portion of avehicle-body with our improved construction and illustrates by brokenlines the relative positions of the dash and shafts whenthe dash isthrown back and the shafts raised in a vertical position. Fig. 2 is aplan view ofthe front portion ofthe vehicle-body', the dash, andfoot-rail, and illustrates our invention. Fig. 3 is a side view of ourimproved dashboard-foot and a section of the foot-rail and shows bybroken lines the position the parts take to enable the dash to be thrownback. Fig. 4 is also a side view of the dashboard-foot and illustratesthe position the parts take when the dash is thrown back.V Fig. 5illustrates a side view of one form of a modified dashboard-foot andshows by broken lines the position the parts take to enable the dash tobe thrown back. Fig. (3 is aside view of the same and shows the positionthe parts take when the dash is thrown back.

Referring to the drawings, the letter A designates the vehicle-body, Bthe dashboard, and C the axle.

The dashboard isA connected to the body of the vehicle by a foot c, oneat each side. The dash-foot c is bolted to one end of the dashboard andthe other end terminates in two projecting armsr c' c', which arepivoted at d to a rock-arm t'. The rock-arm 't' is pivserial no.639,560. ci@ moan.)

otally connected at d to the base-plate e, which is rigidly secured tothe vehicle-body. The two rock-arms z', one at each side of thevehicle-body, carry and are rigidly connected to the foot-rail j, onwhich the drivers feet rest, and as the rock-arms are pivoted at d itwill be seen that the foot-rail j is free to raise and lower, asindicated in Fig. 3. .The base-plate e in this instance has a verticalposition and at its top terminates in a hookshaped lug h, and this luginFigs. l to 4 projects horizontally. When the dash is in its uprightposition, the hook-lug h has position between the two arms c' c' of thedash-foot c and the lug 7i takes over and contacts with a bevel-face hbetween the two arms c' c'. When the dash is in its upright position,the weight of the rock-armstand foot-rail j draws the bevel-faces 7iinto engagement with the hook-lugs 7a. It will be seen that the dash andfoot c have a slight horizontally-slidin g movement.

The operation is as follows: The foot-rail j and rock-armst' are raised,as seen by broken lines in Fig. 3, and as each dash-foot c is pvotallyconnected to a rock-arm t a sliding movement will be imparted todash-foot which will cause the bevel-face h to disengage from thehook-shaped lug h, and the foot c can then be turned back, as seen inFig. 4. The shafts f can` then be raised to a vertical position, asshown in Fig. l by broken lines. The operation to restore the dash tothe normal upright position is just the reverse and is obvious.

Referring now to the modification shown in Figs. 5 and 6, the lug h2 onthe top of the base-plate e projects vertically or parallel with sameand has position between the proj ecting arms c2 of the dash-foot. Thesearms c2 are pivoted by a pin di to the lever t'. The lever t' is alsopivoted at d3 to the base-plate e and is free to move up and down. Thetwo levers t" carry the foot-railj. The position thev parts take inoperation is clearly shown by full and broken lines and the operation isobvious. The weight of the levers t" and foot-rail j serves to retainthe dash in its upright position.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim is 1. In a tiltingdashboard for vehicles, the

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combination of two base-plates each carrying a hook-lug; an arm pivotedto each base-plate so as to move up and down and the two arms carrying afoot-rail; and a dash-foot connecting eaoli arm with the dash wherebythe dash may be tilted back, substantially as described.

2. In a tilting dashboard for vehicles, the Combination of a base-platecarrying a hooklug; a rook-arm pivot-ed to the base-plate so as to moveup and down and carrying at its lower end a foot-rail; a dash-footconnecting the dash with the said rooloarm and ooaoting with thehook-lug whereby when the foot-rail is raised the dash-foot will bereleased from the hook-1u g and the dash may be tilted back.

3. In a tilting dashboard for vehicles, the

combination of a base-plate; a rook-arm pivoted to the base-plate andcarrying; a 'footrail; a dash-foot one end of which is rigidly GEORGE H.I-IUTTON. GEORGE H. HU'ITON, JR.

iVitnesses:

CHAPIN A. FERGUSON, CHARLES B. MANN, Jr.

